stele of Horus
An item at Louvre
Decoration: deity slaying harmful animals; Harpocrates (naked, holding, snake, scorpion, standing on); crocodile; emblem of Nefertum; Horus (falcon, standing on, papyrus) on the reverse; in the arch; series of deities
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
An exhibit at Louvre
The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).